<p>VisionQuest, a for-profit company, wants to open a center in North Philly that would house60 unaccompanied immigrant teen boys. WHYY’s Laura Benshoff explains why the city, immigrant rights groups, and <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/visionquest-employees-its-not-safe-for-us-how-would-it-be-safe-for-the-kids/">some of the company’s own staff</a> are pushing back — and why the battle is bigger than Philadelphia.</p>

VisionQuest, a for-profit company, wants to open a center in North Philly that would house60 unaccompanied immigrant teen boys. WHYY’s Laura Benshoff explains why the city, immigrant rights groups, and some of the company’s own staff are pushing back — and why the battle is bigger than Philadelphia.

<p>VisionQuest, a for-profit company, wants to open a center in North Philly that would house60 unaccompanied immigrant teen boys. WHYY’s Laura Benshoff explains why the city, immigrant rights groups, and <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/visionquest-employees-its-not-safe-for-us-how-would-it-be-safe-for-the-kids/" rel="noopener noreferrer">some of the company’s own staff</a> are pushing back — and why the battle is bigger than Philadelphia.</p>

Battle over immigrant youth center is bigger than Philly

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